Hi, I’m Kate. I fell in love with gardening during lockdown, similar to a lot of people – I discovered a new found appreciation for the outdoor space we had as we spent more and more time outside in the glorious weather.
I started to grow some vegetables from seed (pumpkins…wow they can get BIG!) and quickly decided that we needed a veg patch.
As well as the pumpkins, I grew tomatoes, potatoes, sprouts and some lettuce. I started devouring Gardener’s World on a regular basis and towards the end of the year I developed a flower border with some nice perennials. Given it was late on in the year, the focus really was on evergreen so that we’d have some winter interest.
Then at the start of 2021 I found cut flowers! I’ve always loved having fresh flowers in the house, but having only just started gardening, the one border I had was a little sparse to say the least and didn’t really have anything in that I could cut from.
All of a sudden, the idea of being able to grow flowers, not only to enjoy them growing in the garden but with the actual purpose of cutting them seemed like the best idea ever!
Things picked up pace really quickly after that, book after book on cut flowers were read cover to cover (and sometimes back again!), seeds were ordered (new addiction started) and cut flower patches were created.
It’s a journey that I’ve honestly loved at every stage (even if the weather has been a little testing at times…. frost in May?!) and am looking forward to documenting it and sharing with you. Hopefully it can be of some use and maybe even a little inspiration!
Welcome to Homegrown Blooms!
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